tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353695704412745763.post1421472376816327047..comments2024-03-26T16:07:44.165-04:00Comments on Mundo de Pepita: How I Made a Take a Break Space for my Elementary Spanish ClassroomMundo de Pepitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00509025176491009664noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353695704412745763.post-19880216519216175482019-10-15T07:08:47.812-04:002019-10-15T07:08:47.812-04:00Many thanks for sharing this very good article. Ve...Many thanks for sharing this very good article. Very interesting ideas! <a href="http://www.daftarbola88.org/agen-bola88/" rel="nofollow">sbobet88</a>jonethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911560923291919347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353695704412745763.post-12913830444777573872017-05-27T15:34:09.295-04:002017-05-27T15:34:09.295-04:00Hello Martha! This is a great question! There is a...Hello Martha! This is a great question! There is always that one kiddo who eventually we discover is trying to avoid instruction, either with frequent bathroom breaks, trips to the nurse, or heading over to the take a break place. Usually, a kiddo is avoiding instruction because they find the instruction too difficult, and/or have low confidence and would prefer to not participate in order to stop those feelings. Most often, if I begin to notice a kid has had a few trips to the take a break place and that hasn't helped, I have a one on one conversation with the kid to try and discover what the underlying issues might be. If indeed it has to do with a kid feeling class is too hard, we then strategize some ways I can help (and he/she can help himself). I make sure to give lots of encouragement, and over the course of the next several classes in particular, I will be sure to point out successes, even the small ones. More often than not, this helps the situation greatly. I will note, I do not have kids self select to go to the take a break space- when I see they need a little time to refocus, I direct them there. Hope this helps! JulieMundo de Pepitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509025176491009664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353695704412745763.post-42597444949980877982017-05-26T19:18:20.964-04:002017-05-26T19:18:20.964-04:00How do you keep kids from going to the "Take ...How do you keep kids from going to the "Take a Break" place and playing to avoid instruction?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267340410383891369noreply@blogger.com